Bracelet.



PATENTED DEG. 2 1905. w. WALLENTHIN. 6'

BRACELET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1905.

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VALFRID XVALLENTHIN, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BATES SeBACON, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM.

BRACELET.)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed Mayiz, 1905. Serial N0. 258,453.

To (/.ZZ whom it www concern:

Be it known th atl, WALFRID VALLENTHIN, a citizen ot' the United States,residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets,of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention has reference to an improvement in bracelets, and moreparticularly to an improvement in the means for pivotally securing thetwo halves of a bracelet together.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of bracelets,thereby providing a bracelet with a pivot-hinge constructed so as toseparate the two halves of a bracelet when the bracelet is opened and todraw the halves ot' the bracelet together when the bracelet is closed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a two-part bracelet witha pivot-hinge having stops to limit the opening and closing of thebracelet.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of atwo-part bracelet, each semicircular part constructed from a tubular barand a. pivot-hinge consisting of two members shaped to fit in theadjacent ends of the bracelet, one member having a projecting lug andthe other member having a recess for the lug, the end walls of therecess acting as a stop for the lug to limit the opening and closing ofthe bracelet, a pivot pin or pintle rigidly secured in one member andscrew-threaded through the other member, whereby the opening of thebracelet separates the members of the pivot-hinge and the bracelet andthe closing of the bracelet draws the members of the hinge and braceletlirmly together, and other details of construction, as will be morefully set forth hereinafter.

and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the snap, taken onlike Z Z of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, c indicates one semicircular half of the bracelet, Zthe other semicircular half, and e the pivo t-hinge of the bracelet.

The semicircularhalves @and Z of the bracelet are constructed from atubular bar which is circular in cross-section. The ends c' and CZ arecut square across and coincide when the bracelet is closed. The ends c2and Z2 are cut at an angle, as shown in Fig. 6, and a plug Z3 is securedin the end d2 ot' the semicircular halt' Z by solder or other means.This plug Z3 extends slightly above the end Z2 and forms a snap bysnapping into the open end c2 of the semicircular halt' c when thebracelet is closed, thus holding the bracelet in the closed position.

The pivot-hinge e consists of a member e,

shaped to {t in the end c of the bracelet and constructed to have thecentral hole @2 and the oft-center lug e3, a member ai, shaped to titinto the end Z of the bracelet and having the screw-threaded centralhole e5 and the offcenter recess e, with the end walls e7 and es forminga stop for the lug e3, and the pin e, having the screw-threaded portion@lo adapted to screw into the screw-threaded hole e5 in the member e?,and the reduced portion e, adapted to enter the hole @2 in the memberc', as shown in Fig. 4.

The pivothinge e is assembled by rst screwing' the screw -threadedportion 61 otl the pin e into the screw-threaded hole c5 in the membere4 its entire length. The member e is now placed into position, with thereduced portion e ofthe pin extending through the hole e2, and the luge3 extending into the recess e in the member and the whole securedtogether by upsetting the end 012 ot' the pin onto the end of the membere, as shown in Fig. 4. The members e and e* are now secured in the endsc and Z of the bracelet by solder or other means.

ln opening the bracelet the ends c2 and (Z2 are forced apart. Thescrew-threaded portion @lo of the pin counscrewing in the member eLseparates the members of the hinge and the halves of the bracelet, andthe end wall es ot' the recess e acts as a stop for the lug e3 and'limits the opening movement of the bracelet. When the bracelet isclosed, the screw-thread- IOO ed portion @1 of the pin screwing into themember @i draws the members of the hinge and the halves of the braceletfirmly together. The end wall @7 of the recess e acts as a stop for thelug c3 to limit the closing movement of the bracelet, and the end c2 ofthe halil c riding up the inclined surface of the plug Z3 snaps over theprotruding end of the plug and holds the bracelet in the closedposition, as shown in Fig. 6.

It is evident that the two halves c and Z ot' the bracelet could be ovalin cross-section and that the bracelet could have any design orconfiguration desired without materially affecting the spirit oi' myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters .Patent l. A bracelet the body of which consists of twosemicircular halves, a pivot-hinge constructed of a member having acentral hole and an off-center lug, a member having a screw-threadedcentral hole and an off-center recess the end walls of which form stopsfor the lug, and a pin having a screw-threaded portion adapted to enterthe screw-threaded central hole in one member and a reduced portionadapted to enter the central hole in the other member, means forsecuring the members together, and means for securing` the pivot-hingein the adjacent ends of the bracelet, whereby the pivoted ends of thetwo halves of the bracelet separate when the bracelet is opened, aredrawn firmly together when the bracelet is closed, and the opening andclosing movements of the bracelet are limited, as described.

2. A bracelet the. body of which is formed of two semicircular halves@and CZ secured together by a pivot-hinge, consisting of a member ehaving the central hole @2 and the O- center lug @3, a member e4 havingthe screwthreaded central hole and the onf-center recess e with the endwalls e7 and e forming stops for the lug @3, and a pin c having thescrew-threaded portion @lo adapted to screw into the hole c5 in themember 1, and the reduced portion e adapted to enter the hole e2 in themember c', and secured by upsetting the end of the reduced portion@monto the end of the member e', whereby the opening of the hinge willseparate the members of thehinge, the closing of the hinge will draw themembers of the hinge firmly together, and the opening and closingmovements of the hinge are limited, as described.

3. ln a bracelet, the combination of the tubular semicircular halves cand CZ the ends c' and d of which are cut square across and the ends 02and (Z2 at an angle, of a pivot-hinge e consisting ot' a member e shapedto fit in the end c oil the bracelet and having the central hole e2 andthe off-center lug e3, a member e* shaped to tit in the end Z of thebracelet and having the screw-threaded central hole c5, the off-centerrecess e with the end walls e7 and @s forming stops for the lug e3, andapin c having the screw-threaded portion ew adapted to screw into thehole c5 in the member c", and the reduced portion @u adapted to enterthe hole in the member e and secured in the member by upsetting the endonto the end of the member e', means for securing the pivothinge in theends c and d of the bracelet` whereby the opening' of the .bracelet willseparate the pivoted ends of the two halves c and Z of the bracelet, theclosing of the bracelet will draw the halves of the bracelet firmlytogetlier, and the opening' and yclosing Inovements of the braceletlimited, and means for holding the bracelet in the closed position, asdescribed.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specilication inpresence of two witnesses here subscribed.

VALFRID VVALLENTHIN.

Vitnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER, Jr.

